Student shows heart with pacemaker charity

Natasha Harpalani, 17, a senior at the Pinecrest School in Fort Lauderdale, who created the charity, Keeping Pace, to collect used pacemakers which she sends to India where they are used to treat the poor.

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Natasha Harpalani, 17, a senior at the Pinecrest School in Fort Lauderdale, who created the charity, Keeping Pace, to collect used pacemakers which she sends to India where they are used to treat the poor.

Natasha Harpalani, 17, a senior at the Pinecrest School in Fort Lauderdale, who created the charity, Keeping Pace, to collect used pacemakers which she sends to India where they are used to treat the poor. (Sun Sentinel/Mark Randall)

“I’ve started a nonprofit called Keeping Pace and what we do is we recycle pacemakers,” says the 17-year-old senior at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale. “So I’d appreciate it if the funeral home could help me out and give me the devices.”